may i try this from anuther angle??

Sounds like you're getting the reaction you need. Like said above, you have to be consistant with it so that he learns to associate the startling noise with his action. Don't say anything and avoid eye contact with him when you do it so that he won't associate the startling noise with YOU instead of his scratching. I read that in a couple of articles here and there. Good luck and keep up the good work!

 

have you tries sprays with citrus smell in them my cats hate the smell of oranges

 

A mixture of a couple of things that have been suggested work for me. I tied sleighbells to a water spray and used it on Treacle a couple of times. The theory was that we'd put sleigh bells on the Christmas tree, and he'd associate the noise with getting wet and leave it alone.

As it turned out, he has no interest in the tree at all (I still can't quite believe my luck!!), but whenever we reach for the water spray he stops whatever he's doing and runs off.

LOL!!!! I'm going to try that one on Treacle if I can leep a straight face!!

 

is there a update pls?

jus wonderd if therewas ne updates to this story? pls let us know!

 

Yeah, me wondering too :wink: